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Medical Field: Occupational Safety
- 1. Occupational Safety: Generally & in the Medical Field Payton Temple
- 2. General: What It Means • Occupational safety is used when a business is talking about… • Safety • Health • Welfare • It only involves employees within that line of work
- 3. General: Why It’s Important • On average, people spend about a quarter of their life working • Also up to half of their waking lives is spent working • Even though there have been many improvements in the workforce, work related deaths, injuries, and illnesses still happen each and every day • Occupational safety helps provide “cushion” when it comes to dealing with these type of conditions
- 4. General: Challenges • With the workplace becoming more diverse it can lead to new health and safety issues • Ex- demographic changes • Some workers are more at risk for work-related diseases and injuries • Racial and ethnic minorities • Recent immigrants • Younger and older workers • Workers with genetic susceptibility • Workers with disabilities
- 5. General: Challenges Continued • Organization is changing • Work hours are longer • Work weeks are becoming compressed • Job security is reducing • Shift work • New… • Chemicals • Materials • Processes • Equipment • The development of “new” is at a fast pace, causing risks
- 6. Medical Field: Occupational Safety • The medical field is the fastest growing workforce in the US • Therefore, not only is the number of employees growing but the number of workers that are hurt or diseased from the job is growing as well
- 7. Medical Field: Hazards • It’s no secret that workers within the medical field face many serious safety and health hazards • These hazards can happen in a list of different places… • Hospitals • Clinics • Dental offices • Out-patient surgery centers • Birthing centers • Emergency medical care • Home healthcare • Nursing homes
- 8. Medical Field: Hazards Continued • The amount of things that could go wrong for workers within the medical field can be endless • Some examples include… • Blood borne pathogens • Biological hazards • Chemical or drug exposure • Anesthetic gas exposures • Respiratory hazards • Ergonomic hazards from lifting & repetitive tasks • Workplace violence • Exposure to radioactivity and x-ray • Needle-stick injury •
- 9. Medical Field: How Many? • There are more injuries with workers that are in the medical field than any other workforce • The medical field has one of the highest number of work related injuries and illnesses • In 2010, there were 653,900 cases of reported injuries or illnesses • That is 152,000 more than the second highest industry, manufacturing
- 10. Medical Field: Who Can Be Exposed? • It is not just workers with some type of medical degree or training that are at risk • Other workers that are tied into the medical field include… • Mechanical maintenance • Medical equipment maintenance • Housekeeping • Food service • Building and grounds maintenance • Laundry • Administrative staff
- 11. Work Cited • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_safety_and_healt h • http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics- objectives/topic/occupational-safety-and-health • https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthcarefacilities/ • http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/healthcare/